World IN BRIEF : ANGOLA : Air Attack Foils Oil Workers’ Rescue
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Government planes attacked UNITA positions in northern Angola, stymieing attempts to evacuate foreign oil workers trapped for two weeks in a rebel-held town. The Brussels-based oil company Petrofina has been thwarted in its attempts to rescue about 20 workers who missed evacuation when UNITA troops overran Soyo on Jan. 18.
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